Hey WCBS?
/Can WCBS tell me when the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs started playing Major League Baseball?
And even though they are a hockey team, they still killed the NY Mets.
New York Station Hires New News Director
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Barely a year after joining KXTX 39, Telemundo O&O in Dallas, Karen Méndez is moving back to the east coast.
Méndez will be the Vice President of News of WNJU Telemundo 47 New York starting in mid-July, replacing José Morales, who exited the station earlier this month.
In this role, Méndez will be responsible for the Telemundo 47 news department and any other local productions across multiple media platforms. Before joining Telemundo 39, she was the News Director for WFDC Univision in Washington, D.C. She was previously News Director at WVEN Univision Orlando.
She launched her broadcasting career at WXTV Univision 41 New York in 2000, where she worked as a Producer.
H/T Media Moves
CNN Staffer Caught With Camera at the Supreme Court
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A CNN intern was caught recording video footage inside the Supreme Court with a GoPro camera that he had strapped to his chest.
Dylan Beyers writes that the episode led to an impromptu meeting among top CNN executives and editors in Washington, a call to the company's legal department, and a profuse apology to the Supreme Court's public affairs team. Recording devices are prohibited from both the Supreme Court Press Room and the adjacent Public Information Office, as well as from the court room generally.
In a statement, CNN said that the intern "misunderstood the rules about recording inside the Supreme Court's Public Information Office and acted inappropriately. We've taken the necessary action to remedy this situation. We profusely apologize to the Court."
The intern, Walbert Castillo, had been assigned to serve as "a runner," relaying the court's opinions from the building to CNN correspondent Ariane de Vogue, who was waiting in the Supreme Court plaza.
CNN claimed that Castillo had been asked to wear a GoPro camera to record the event for an episode of CNN's digital video series, "Being Moody," hosted by reporter Chris Moody.
Castillo kept the GoPro recording while he was in the press room, which was prohibited -- the Supreme Court fears that a recording device may pick up audio of a court decision -- and was forced to turn it off.
Castillo and other interns were then briefly removed from the room.
The Axe Literally Flies at FNC's Fox and Friends
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During last Sunday’s broadcast of Fox & Friends, co-host Pete Hegseth tossed an axe to tease an upcoming segment on timbersports.
He missed the target completely, the axe flying over the top and hitting a drummer right in the arm that was standing behind the target.
At NBC's Today Show the hosts will stab each other in the back. At Fox and Friends they will throw the axe right at you while you're looking at them.
Let's go to the video:
H/T Mediaite
What you Can Expect when BriLie Returns
/Here's a look into what MSNBC might look like when Lying Brian Williams makes his return to the Peacock:
Ummmm.... I'm Guessing it's a Slow News Day in Bakersfield
/We're going to go out out on a limb here (see what we did there?) and say that it is a really slow news day in Bakersfield.
This is a "Breaking News" story at KERO:
Not only a bear in a tree, but if they would have looked in the pond nearby they would have seen fish in there.
That story might be "breaking" later Today.
Stay tuned....
The Suspense is Killing Me....
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Update:
I don't know about you Brian...but I smell an Emmy!
NBC's Chuck Todd Catches Heat for Black Killers Segment
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NBC's Meet The Press is finally getting some publicity, but it might not be what they wanted.
The show that has struggled for years is under fire for airing a segment featuring remorseful African-American murders in prison.
The segment was broadcast in the wake of the tragic shooting in a Charleston church last week by a white gunman who killed 9 black church goers.
After airing the segment on black killers, the negative comments started almost immediately on social media.
Todd took to the Meet The Press website to try and explain their awful decision to air such a segment this past week:
"We thought the issue of gun violence in our culture and society was an important conversation to continue -- too important to put off for another week. The consequences of gun violence should not be hidden" Todd wrote.
Someone needs to tell Chuck that gun violence was here long before last week and will surely be here next week and the week after. They should have held the segment.
Also, we're fairly certain that there some white murderers behind bars as well. How about getting a few of those and maybe some other races as well on camera?
"Meet the Press should make all viewers uncomfortable at some point or we are not doing our job," Todd said.
Really? Do viewers want to wake up on Sunday morning, a day off and turn on the TV to feel "uncomfortable" about what is being perceived as straight racism from Chuck Todd and NBC?
I really don't think so.
Chuck Todd needs to learn a lesson from Brian Williams. Admit you screwed up and say you're sorry. Don't try and justify your wrong actions.
Or you might find yourself fired, or worse yet, working solely at MSNBC.
What The.... (Updated)
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WLTX Sports Anchor Alyssa Lang got done putting her show together early this weekend, so she did what Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Peter Jennings used to do.
She posted video this to Instagram.
Update: Lang pulled the video from instagram after FTVLive posted this story. She has also set her account to private. Looks like someone has something to hide.
Of course she isn't the first person at that station to make a social media mess.
NBC Releases No Details of Brian Williams Investigation
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When Brian Williams was forced into suspension for lying, NBC started conducting an investigation into his lies.
The Peacock raised eyebrows when they decided to use in-house investigator Richard Esposito to conduct the probe.
Many thought it would have been better for NBC to use someone from the outside, which would certainly at least, look more fair and honest.
But, apparently NBC cares little about how it looked or transparency. Despite a months long investigation by Esposito, NBC is releasing nothing about it.
NBC has decided to keep BriLie but demoting him to MSNBC. Another move that has angered many inside the network.
During Williams suspension, the network news division changed leaders, by bringing in Andy Lack. They had months to do this right and they entirely dropped the ball.
One NBC staffer tells FTVLive that the handling of Brian Williams incident alone has made him lose complete faith in Andy Lack.
NBC's lack (pardon the pun) of transparency in this might do much more with viewers and advertisers.
Chuck Todd: Kudos to Brian Williams
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NBC's Chuck Todd thinks that Brian Williams deserves a second chance and gives him props for admitting he has a huge ego.
Todd was a guest on “The Michael Smerconish Program” on SiriusXM, when he addressed NBC’s decision to retain Brian Williams.
“If I’ve done something and I admit it, I’d like a second chance,” Todd said. As for Williams’ TODAY interview, Todd added “I think he’s been shockingly honest about the ego thing. I mean, I thought – when he talked about his ego getting the best of him – you know, that’s not easy for anybody to talk about publicly. So kudos to him.”
On Williams' future at MSNBC, Todd says, “His unique gift and talent on television is live events. That’s his strength. That’s what Andy Lack has said is his strength and I agree with him. It is absolutely Brian’s strength. So this is something that MSNBC needs -- a strong person who can sort of deftly handle covering a live event as it’s unfolding. This is something MSNBC needs, this is something that Brian is very good at, let’s see if he can earn back the credibility and trust with the viewers to make this marriage work.”
Plus if the coverage gets boring, BriWi can make up some stories to keep it interesting.
Not a Brian Williams Fan I'm Guessing
/It appears that Arsenio Hall is not in the "give Brian Williams a second chance camp."
At least that is what we are picking up from this tweet the comedian sent out:
Fox Sports Shanks US Open Coverage
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When Fox Sports bought the rights away from NBC to cover the U.S. Open, many were worried how bad Fox's coverage would be?
It was much worse than anyone even expected.
The network went out and had some coffee mugs made with the Fox and USGA logo on them (see above). Maybe they should have spent less time on the mugs and more time preparing for the coverage.
With technical errors, camera operators that did not know how to shoot golf and Joe Buck in the booth it was painful to watch.
On Saturday, Fox came on the air at 2PM and despite the fact that World Number 1 Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson were on the course, the network showed almost no golf. What viewers got was Joe Buck and Greg Norman sitting in the booth blabbing like a pregame show for football.
Problem was, it would be like doing a pregame show after the kickoff already happened.
Fox could have replaced Buck and Norman with Captain Obvious, as the two continued to state things that viewers could clearly see. This wasn't radio.
Norman tried to explain Tour Player Jason Day's battle with vertigo and would have been better to log onto WebMD to get his facts right.
Seriously, if you didn't think it was that bad, watch this:
Fox employed former golfers Cory Pavin and Brad Faxon. They should have just hired a bottle of Unisom, these two were that boring.
Fox Sports had over a year to prepare for this moment and they completely shanked their coverage.
It made one of the most anticipated weekends of the year for golfers, nothing more than a bitter disappointment.
CNN's Chris Cuomo Deletes Tweet About Church Shooter's Race
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What the hell do they drink over at CNN?
After the deadly AME Church shooting in Charleston, police quickly said they they were on the lookout for a white male that they said was the shooter.
Despite the cops saying the shooter was white, CNN morning Anchor Chris Cuomo wasn't so sure.
Cuomo sent out a tweet asking if the shooter could "not be white?" and in disguise.
As you know police arrested the very white Dylann Roof and changed him with the murders.
Cuomo has since deleted the tweet and it is now somewhere in Don Lemon's black hole.
Seems About Right
/On a recent edition of Celebrity Family Feud the category was "Jobs you can't get if you're not good looking?"
Dancer/Stripper came in at No. 4 and just above that was Newscaster.
Seems about right.
OKC Sports Director Killed in Weekend Crash
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FTVLive first told you the sad news on Saturday. KFOR Sports Anchor Bob Barry Jr. died Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash near NW 142 and May Avenue in northwest Oklahoma City.
Officers arrested the driver of the car that collided with Barry's motor scooter.
Gustavo Castillo Gutierrez, 26, was booked into Oklahoma County jail Saturday evening on complaints of manslaughter, making an illegal U-turn, causing an accident without a driver's license and possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
KFOR-TV confirmed his death Saturday evening.
He was 58 and is survived by his wife, Gina, and four children.
Barry, the son of legendary Oklahoma City sportscaster Bob Barry Sr., replaced his father as KFOR’s sports director in 1997 and worked at the station more than 30 years. He also hosted a morning talk radio show Monday through Friday on The Sports Animal radio network.
“I’m just devastated by this,” said Sports Animal afternoon host Al Eschbach. “He was an absolutely wonderful person.”
Even after Bob Barry Sr.’s death in November 2011, his son kept the “junior.”
“What I loved about him was his relationship with his dad, the way he and his dad treated each other at work,” Iven said. “His dad would come in, and Bobby would go over and give his dad a kiss on the cheek.
“Theirs was what every father-son relationship should be like.”
H/T The Oklahoman
